Balance the federal budget.

I'll work to ... balance the federal budget

Candidate commits to balancing the federal budget.

Issues - Mike Flood for U.S. Congress | Nebraska District 1
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I ran for Congress promising to ... cut wasteful spending

Campaign-site language reiterates a spending-cut promise.

Mike Flood for U.S. Congress - Nebraska District 1
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Congressman Flood wrote that 'It’s been almost 25 years since America last had a balanced budget' and that 'America has run a budget deficit every year' since 2001.

Flood’s own public writing acknowledges the federal budget has not been balanced in decades, which cuts against a claim that he fulfilled a promise to balance it.

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Rep. Flood at the Norfolk Daily News: Setting a Path to Fiscal Sanity
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Treasury’s FY 2025 Financial Report says 'The budget deficit decreased from $1,816.8 billion in FY 2024 to $1,775.4 billion in FY 2025.'

An official Treasury report shows the federal government was still running a very large deficit in FY 2025, so the budget was not balanced.

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FY 2025 Financial Report of the United States Government
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Flood said that 'passing all 12 appropriations bills brings fiscal restraint to federal spending' and noted the bills 'await Senate action before it needs the President's signature to become law.'

Flood advanced appropriations legislation and fiscal-cutting rhetoric, but the cited package was not yet enacted and did not amount to a balanced federal budget.

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Congressman Flood Delivers More Than $26 Million in Federal Dollars for the First District in Final Round of Annual Budget Bills | Congressman Mike Flood
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